Domain names are Internet real estate
A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet. Domain names are organized in subordinate levels (subdomains) of the DNS root domain, which is nameless. The first-level set of domain names are the top-level domains (TLDs), including the generic top-level domains (gTLDs), such as the prominent domains com, info, net, edu, and org, and the country code top-level domains (ccTLDs).
History
The first commercial Internet domain name, in the TLD com, was registered on 15 March 1985 in the name symbolics.com by Symbolics Inc., a computer systems firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. By 1992, fewer than 15,000 com domains had been registered. In the first quarter of 2015, 294 million domain names had been registered. A large fraction of them are in the com TLD.
25 most expensive .com domain names publicly reported
Domain |
Price |
CarInsurance.com |
$49.7 million |
Insurance.com |
$35.6 million |
VacationRentals.com |
$35 million |
PrivateJet.com |
$30.18 million |
Internet.com |
$18 million |
360.com |
$17 million |
Insure.com |
$16 million |
Fund.com |
9.99 million pounds |
Hotels.com |
$11 million |
Shoes.com |
$9 million |
Fb.com |
$8.5 million |
We.com |
$8 million |
Business.com |
$7.5 million |
Diamond.com |
$7.5 million |
Beer.com |
$7 million |
Z.com |
$6.8 million |
iCloud.com |
$6 million |
Israel.com |
$5.8 million |
Casino.com |
$5.5 million |
Slots.com |
$5.5 million |
Toys.com |
$5.1 million |
25 most expensive ccTLD domain names publicly reported
Domain |
Price |
kredit.de | 1,169,175 USD |
cruises.co.uk | 1,099,798 USD |
cruise.co.uk | 1,099,798 USD |
poker.de | 957,937 USD |
credit.fr | 851,875 USD |
aktien.de | 725,000 USD |
nav.no | 717,978 USD |
furniture.co.uk | 650,000 USD |
casino.de | 625,060 USD |
jobs.ca | 600,000 USD |
job.at | 590,949 USD |
game.cn | 512,307 USD |
webhosting.co.uk | 500,000 USD |
chat.de | 470,000 USD |
jobs.ca | 450,000 USD |
meet.me | 450,000 USD |
123.cn | 400,000 USD |
poker.ca | 400,000 USD |
o.co | 350,000 USD |
phones.co.uk | 344,710 USD |
hoteles.es | 334,428 USD |
hotels.eu | 329,509 USD |
recycle.co.uk | 309,901 USD |
software.de | 303,182 USD |
imoveis.com.br | 300,000 USD |
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Country code top-level domains
The full list of all ccTLD:
A .ac .ad .ae .af .ag .ai .al .am .ao .aq .ar .as .at .au .aw .ax .az
B .ba .bb .bd .be .bf .bg .bh .bi .bj .bm .bn .bo .br .bs .bt .bw .by .bz
C .ca .cc .cd .cf .cg .ch .ci .ck .cl .cm .cn .co .cr .cu .cv .cw .cx .cy .cz
D .de .dj .dk .dm .do .dz
E .ec .ee .eg .er .es .et .eu
F .fi .fj .fk .fm .fo .fr
G .ga .gd .ge .gf .gg .gh .gi .gl .gm .gn .gp .gq .gr .gs .gt .gu .gw .gy
H .hk .hm .hn .hr .ht .hu
I .id .ie .il .im .in .io .iq .ir .is .it
J .je .jm .jo .jp
K .ke .kg .kh .ki .km .kn .kp .kr .kw .ky .kz
L .la .lb .lc .li .lk .lr .ls .lt .lu .lv .ly
M .ma .mc .md .me .mg .mh .mk .ml .mm .mn .mo .mp .mq .mr .ms .mt .mu .mv .mw .mx .my .mz
N .na .nc .ne .nf .ng .ni .nl .no .np .nr .nu .nz
O .om
P .pa .pe .pf .pg .ph .pk .pl .pm .pn .pr .ps .pt .pw .py
Q .qa
R .re .ro .rs .ru .rw
S .sa .sb .sc .sd .se .sg .sh .si .sk .sl .sm .sn .so .sr .ss .st .sv .sx .sy .sz
T .tc .td .tf .tg .th .tj .tk .tl .tm .tn .to .tr .tt .tv .tw .tz
U .ua .ug .uk .us .uy .uz
V .va .vc .ve .vg .vi .vn .vu
W .wf .ws
Y .ye .yt
Z .za .zm .zw
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